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HRSA Health Center Program Primary Health Care Digest

August 12, 2025

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Health Center Program Performance Period Extensions

Health Center Program award recipients with January 1, 2026, or February 1, 2026, period of performance start dates will receive one-year extensions to their current three-year periods of performance. Eligible Health Center Program grantees must respond to HRSA’s request for information (RFI) by providing a SF-424A, Budget Narrative, Form 1C, Form 3, Project Narrative Update, and Supplemental Award Update (if applicable). Health centers must submit their response to this request no later than the deadline indicated in HRSA’s Electronic Handbooks (EHBs).

HRSA Released New Health Center Data

HRSA released new 2024 Uniform Data System (UDS) data showing HRSA-funded health centers served a record 32.4 million patients last year, an increase of 1.1 million patients. In 2024, health centers served: 

  • 25.1 million uninsured, Medicaid, and Medicare patients 
  • 1 in 8 children 
  • 1 in 5 people living in rural communities 
  • 1 in 15 patients 65 or older
  • 408,000 veterans

Explore the 2024 data. Read our recent bulletin for more information.

HRSA Awarded 2025 CHQR Badges

On Monday, August 4, HRSA awarded Community Health Quality Recognition (CHQR) badges to nearly 1,000 HRSA-funded health centers across the country for excellence in clinical quality. This year, HRSA awarded two new CHQR badges – Preventive Health and High-Value Care. The preventive health badge recognizes clinical quality in primary preventive health and the high-value care badge recognizes improvements in clinical quality while minimizing costs. HRSA will release the updated CHQR Dashboard on Monday, August 18.

What's New

Fiscal Year 2026 SAC NOFOs

HRSA released the fiscal year (FY) 2026 Service Area Competition (SAC) Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) for services areas with a March 1, 2026 (HRSA-26-002), April 1, 2026 (HRSA-26-004), May 1, 2026 (HRSA-26-005), and June 1, 2026 (HRSA-26-006) period of performance start date. With each SAC funding opportunity, organizations compete for funding to provide comprehensive primary health care in service areas currently served by the Health Center Program. 

Find details for each of the announced service areas on the Service Area Announcement Table. Find application deadlines and technical assistance (TA) materials on the SAC TA webpage. 

If you have questions, SAC Technical Assistance Team using the BPHC Contact Form (Funding>Application for NOFOs>Service Area Competition). 

FY 2026 BPR NCC Released for 2026 Budget Period Starts

HRSA released the FY 2026 Budget Period Progress Report (BPR) Non-Competing Continuation (NCC) instructions for Health Center Program award recipients with a January 1, 2026 (5-H80-26-001), February 1, 2026 (5-H80-26-002), March 1, 2026 (5-H80-26-003), April 1, 2026 (5-H80-26-004), May 1, 2026 (5-H80-26-005) and June 1, 2026 (5-H80-26-006) budget period start date.

Refer to line 26, “Project Period Start Date - End Date” on your most recent H80 Notice of Award. Health Center Program award recipients with a period of performance end date on or after September 30, 2026, will be required to complete an FY 2026 BPR. 

Find application deadlines and TA materials on the BPR TA webpage.

If you have questions, reach out to the BPR Response Team using the BPHC Contact Form (Funding>Non-Competing Continuation (NCC) Progress Reports (e.g., BPR)>Budget Period Progress Report (BPR)) 

FY 2026 Look-Alike Renewal Designation

HRSA released the FY 2026 Health Center Program Look-Alike (LAL) Renewal Designation (RD) application. Beginning in FY 2026, LALs will transition from a 3-year to a 4-year period of designation.

This change will reduce the administrative burden for LALs while maintaining HRSA’s commitment to ensuring continued compliance with Health Center Program requirements.

Key Transition Details:

  • LALs with a December 31, 2025, period of designation end date will receive a one-year extension and will instead submit an LAL Annual Certification.
  • All other LALs with a period of designation end date in FY 2026 will transition to a 4-year period of designation following submission and approval of their LAL RD application.

Find application deadlines and TA materials on the LAL RD TA webpage.

FY 2026 LAL Annual Certification

HRSA released the FY 2026 LAL Annual Certification submission instructions. Find submission deadlines and TA materials on the LAL Annual Certification TA webpage.

Upcoming Events

Register for TOMORROW’S UDS Reporting Office Hour

BPHC is hosting a Uniform Data System (UDS) office hour where health centers will learn how to navigate and use the latest UDS data reports and explore how these tools and reports can be used to assist with program management and quality improvement. Whether you’re new to UDS or looking to refine your expertise, this session will provide practical strategies to optimize UDS data assets to support reporting practices. 

Wednesday, August 13
2:00 – 3:00 p.m. ET
Register for the session

This office hour will cover the following reports that are available in HRSA EHBs and HRSA Data Warehouse:

  • UDS Summary Report
  • UDS Health Center Trend Report
  • UDS Health Center Performance Comparison Report
  • UDS State and National Rollup Reports
  • HRSA Website Reports

Advancing Patient Centered Health Care Virtual Symposium

BPHC, in partnership with The Joint Commission (TJC), a HRSA-funded National Technical Assistance Program, will host a virtual, half-day Advancing Patient Centered Health Care Symposium (APCHC). Participants will have the opportunity to hear from health centers about best practices and lessons learned from peers and experts in the fields of chronic disease management, behavioral health, and cancer prevention.

Thursday, August 21
11:00 a.m. – 3:30 p.m. ET
Register for APCHC

PCAs and HCCNs: Register for 2025 UDS Reporting Training

BPHC is hosting a Uniform Data System (UDS) training for Primary Care Associations (PCAs) and Health Center Controlled Networks (HCCNs). We’ll provide an overview of key resources available to health centers to support timely annual reporting, answer common questions about the UDS, and highlight areas where PCA/HCCN staff can assist health centers. This training is only for PCA/HCCN staff.

Wednesday, September 10
2:00 – 3:30 p.m. ET
Register for the session

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